Sentences with phrase «for synthetic aperture radar»

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Having NeMO outfitted with powerful synthetic aperture radar would enable it to spot ice at depth and help plan tapping that resource for use by future Mars crews, he explains.

For example, the agency is partnering with the Indian Space Research Organization to develop the NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission that will routinely provide systematic observations of Earth's land and ice - covered surfaces at least twice every 12 days, enabling greater scientific understanding of the dynamic processes that drive the Earth system and natural hazards, as well as providing actionable support for disaster response and recoveFor example, the agency is partnering with the Indian Space Research Organization to develop the NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission that will routinely provide systematic observations of Earth's land and ice - covered surfaces at least twice every 12 days, enabling greater scientific understanding of the dynamic processes that drive the Earth system and natural hazards, as well as providing actionable support for disaster response and recovefor disaster response and recovery.

Finnish Meteorological Institute has been doing estimates of two essential sea ice parameters — namely, sea ice concentration (SIC) and sea ice thickness (SIT)-- for the Bohai Sea using a combination of a thermodynamic sea ice model and Earth observation (EO) data from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and microwave radiometer.

Researchers used RADARSAT synthetic aperture radar to map ice flow velocity over Greenland for the winters of 2000 - 2001 and 2005 - 2006.

Ice flow speed in Greenland (color) for winter 2006 derived from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery (gray scale image derived from NASA funded research.

In addition to broadening applications to include measurements of terrestrial water, the synthetic aperture radar - interferometric technology of SWOT will provide much higher resolution measurements for studies of ocean eddies and measurements very near land for coastal applications.

A synthetic aperture radar or equivalent capability is also needed in the production of the sea - ice climate data record for validation of sea ice concentration and edge.